Happy Birthday, Leeds Town Hall!
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150 years old today!150 years ago this very day, Queen Victoria officially opened the building of which we should all be proud. Probably the finest example of neo-classical civic architecture in the world. Raise a glass to Cuthbert Brodrick & Leeds Town Hall today!
'Are we surprised that men perish, when monuments themselves decay? For death comes even to stones and the names they bear.' - Ausonius.
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Hi Munki - I'm told by the author that the book you have mentioned,'Around Leeds: a City Centre Reinvented', isn't available from main-stream outlets but can be obtained from reception in th LU School of Geography and the City Station Visitor Centre. It should also be obtainable from Borders in a couple of weeks.Aren't you going to get rather fit it's you doing multiple visits up the clock tower? (Or maybe, fit to drop!).
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munki wrote: I'm not doing any trips up the Clocktower today... I am getting old & jaded now & prefer to go up there on my own. Haha. You miserable old sod munki Enjoy all the celebrations mate
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munki wrote: I'm not doing any trips up the Clocktower today... I am getting old & jaded now & prefer to go up there on my own. Haha. At least we'll know where to look in future when he seems to have gone AWOL!
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